New BangShift Feature: Build Your Own On-Line Garage!
Apr 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
So we recently performed a big overhaul to our forum section of the site, you know, the place where the hardest of the hard core BangShift supporters and fans hang out and talk all things automotive....
Product Spotlight: Ridetech’s New GM A-body Coil Over Package
Apr 19, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
In a move that nobody in the industry saw coming, Ridetech announced last year that they would be offering Coil Over shocks as part of their suspension packages, and they have done it in grand...
Hinson Motorsport’s Corvette Crashes at 230 during the Texas Mile
Apr 18, 2011Chad ReynoldsCRASH & BURN, Videos
Let’s get a couple things straight right off the bat. We dig the stuff that Hinson Motorsports does, and we love landspeed racing events like the Texas Mile. With that said, this video really...
BangShift Poll: Do You Love or Hate NHRA Four Wide Drag Racing?
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last weekend the NHRA held the first of their two yearly “Four Wide Nationals” at the palatial zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Some people really dig the idea of four wide...
BangShift Garage of the Week: Joe Grippo’s Awesome 1970 Mach 1 Mustang
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you have been a BangShift reader for any stretch of time, you recognize the name Joe Grippo. Joe’s a drag race and general gearhead fiend who hits a ton of events every year, with his camera...
Event Gallery: Mud Drags Action From Texas
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Last weekend our intrepid Texas photo master, Charles Wickam snuck through a hole in the fence and photographed a pretty bitchin’ looking mud drag race event down near where he lives. Between...
Racing Junk Find: An Ultra Rare and Ultra Fast 1968 Plymouth GTX With Factory Hemi Power
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Just yesterday we took our first ride of the year in our father in law’s Plymouth GTX. That particular car sports a 440 and an automatic, unlike this machine we found for sale on Racing Junk....
Car Feature & Video Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Serpent SRT-71 Dodge Charger
Apr 15, 2011Brian LohnesCar Features, MOPAR, Videos
We featured several cars from the collection of Gary and Pam Beineke in 2009. Gary and Pam have made a name for themselves in the Mopar community by creating so-called, “what if?” cars....
EuroDragster.com to Provide FREE Live Streaming Video From England’s Santa Pod Raceway This Weekend!
Apr 15, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pal Tog, over at Eurodragster, Europe’s leading source for drag racing news and information, told us that they will be doing a live webcast from historic Santa Pod Raceway in England, this...
BangShift Rolls Out New and Improved Forum Section!
Apr 15, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yeah,yeah we know. Something can’t be both, “new” and “improved” but it just sounds right. Our new forum section is live and humming along with dedicated...
Quick Peek: A 572ci, 1130hp, Naturally Aspirated Kaase Big Block Ford Powered 2004 Mustang Mach 1
Apr 14, 2011Brian LohnesCar Features, FORD
We’ve been spending a fair amount of time at our local neighborhood chassis shop, Tube Chassis Designz lately. Jon and his crew have been replacing the cab floors in Goliath, and recently we...
Historic Drag Video: Footage From the Long Dead Golden Triangle Drag Strip
Apr 14, 2011Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Golden Triangle Drag Strip, which was located just outside of Beaumont, Texas, has been dead for years. The former air strip is now crossed over by a highway, and serves as the backdrop of a little...
eBay Find: A Blown, Pro Street Lil Red Express Dodge Truck (With Video)
Apr 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Oh hells yes. Our general fondness for the late 1970s Dodge specialty trucks like the “Lil’ Red Express” had us searching the hallowed halls of eBay for one a short while back. The...
BangShift Project Car: Chad’s Reher Morrison Powered Nova Rebuild Starts Now
Apr 14, 2011Chad ReynoldsCHEVY, Project Cars
BangShift.com has two in-house Chevrolet Nova project cars, and they should be called Yin and Yang. You see, “Yin”, owned by Bob Lohnes, father of my intrepid partner in crime Brian...
